Damaging Wind in Maine, August 8, 2001

Name: Damaging Wind in Maine, August 8, 2001
Start: 2001-08-08T19:15
End: 2001-08-08T19:15
Location: Maine

August 8, 2001 · NWS GYX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous trees in Kingfield. The trees, in turn, knocked down power lines.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS GYX wrote it up.

Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous trees in Kingfield. The trees, in turn, knocked down power lines.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Gray, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 8, 2:20 PM EST, 4 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 2:20 PM EST, 4 hours 55 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
320 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2001

RECORD HIGH POSSIBLE AT PWM /94/ AND CON /97/ THURS. TEMPS AT 85H A
BIT WARMER TMRW THAN ON TUE. NOT AS HOT ON FRI. COOLER WEEKEND.

TONIGHT AN MCS NOW MOVING OVER LAKE HURON WILL LIKELY MOVE THRU
CENTRAL AND NRN ZONES AFTER MIDNIGHT. THIS SYSTEM SHOWS UP WELL ON
MODELS. THIS ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THE VERY WARM AIR. ACTIVITY WILL
PROB WEAKEN BUT HAVE GONE WITH A 50 POP IN MTNS AND 30 POP IN
CENTRAL AND E ZONES.

THURS HOT AND HUMID WITH 40 POP MTNS AND 30 POP CENTRAL AND E ZNS
CLOSER TO BOUNDARY. NO POP SW ZONES...HOWEVER BUFKIT DATA SHOWING IT
TO BE QUITE UNSTABLE BUT WITH WARM AIR AT MID LEVELS ONLY ISOLATED
TSRA ACTIVITY EXPC SIMILAR TO YEST.

THURS NIGHT VERY WARM AND MUGGY NIGHT WITH LOWS IN SRN ZONES STAYING
ABV 70.

FRI TRANSITION DAY AS FRONT MOVES THRU LATE IN DAY. MAY BE TOO LOW
WITH TEMPS FOR FRI. THINKING IS MORE CLDS FOR FRI HOLDING TEMPS
DOWN.

WEEKEND LOOKS GOOD WITH FRONT DRAPED ACROSS SRN NEW ENGLAND AND
STATIONARY. WILL HAVE TO SEE EXACTLY WHERE FRONT STALLS COULD BE FLY
IN THE OINTMENT FOR COMPLETELY SUNNY WEEKEND.

MARINE...SEA BREEZE BLEW IN TDY WITH WINDS ALONG CST FROM E AND SE.
WINDS SHOULD VEER TO SW LATER TNT AND REMAIN SW THRU FRI.

.GYX...
ME...NONE.
NH...NONE.

TFH

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 118 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:15 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin

When: August 8, 7:15 PM EST
Where: Franklin County, Kingfield
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 44.950, -70.150

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Maine in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Maine, August 2001

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5263362.